Francis Ford
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Francis Ford (born Francis Feeney, August 14, 1881 – September 5, 1953) was a prolific film actor, writer, and director. He was the mentor and elder brother of film director John Ford. He also appeared in many of John Ford's movies, including Young Mr. Lincoln and The Quiet Man.
Francis Ford was born in Portland, Maine. He was the son of John A. Feeney, who was born in the village of Spiddal, County Galway, Ireland in 1854. By 1878, John had moved to Portland, Maine and opened a saloon, at 42 Center Street, that used a false front to pose as grocery store. John opened four others in following years.
After service in the infantry in the Spanish-American War, Francis left home. He drifted into the film business in New York City, working for David Horsley, Al Christie, and the Star Film Company's San Antonio operation under Gaston Méliès. He adopted the name Ford from the automobile.
From San Antonio Francis began his Hollywood career working for Thomas H. Ince at Ince's Bison studio, directing and appearing in westerns.
Francis Ford's younger brother, John M. Feeney, was a successful fullback and defensive tackle on a Portland High state championship football team, nicknamed "Bull". In 1914 Bull followed Francis to Hollywood, changed his name to John Ford and would eventually surpass his elder brother's considerable reputation.
Francis Ford's son, Philip Ford, was also a film actor/director.
Known for
The Invaders
Colonel James Bryson
Murder, He Says
Lee - Old Townsman (uncredited)
Frankenstein
Hans (uncredited)
Tangled Fortunes
Matt Higgins
Stagecoach
Sgt. Billy Pickett (uncredited)
South of Pago Pago
Foster
Frontier Investigator
Ed Garnett
The Heart of Maryland
Jefferson Davis
Accomplice
King Connors
The Quiet Man
Dan Tobin
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Romance of the Rio Grande
Stagecoach Driver
The Heart of an Indian
The Indian chief
Kathleen Mavourneen
James, the butler
The Outcast
Evans, a Trapper
The Arizonian
Mayor Ed Comstock
The Spring Round-Up
Jim Dempsey
The Man from Monterey
Don Pablo Gonzales
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Tavern Keeper
Tobacco Road
Gordon of Ghost City
Jim Carmody
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Corporal O'Toole
Judge Priest
Juror No. 12
They Died with Their Boots On
Veteran (uncredited)
The Princess and the Pirate
Drunken Pirate (uncredited)
Bandits of Dark Canyon
Horse Trader
The Last Train from Madrid
Pedro Elias (uncredited)
Murder in Trinidad
Davenant
Roman Scandals
Roman Citizen (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln
Sheridan's Aide (uncredited)
Wagon Master
Mr. Peachtree
The Fortune Favors the Brave
The Mystery Of 13
Phil Kelly / Jim Kelly
Soft Shoes
Quig Mundy
On Secret Service
Abraham Lincoln
Toughest Man in Arizona
The Reformation of Jack Robins
Jack Robbins
The Paleface Princess
Captain Keen
The Seal of the Church
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Caretaker
The Stampede
Robert Wagner
The Measure of a Man
'Pale' Peter
The Crimson Scars
The Indians Are Coming
George Woods / Tom Woods
Educating Father
Sheriff Hart
Billy and His Pal
Jim - the Cowpuncher
The Deserter
The Deserter
The Ox-Bow Incident
Alva 'Dad' Hardwicke (uncredited)
The Broken Coin
Count Frederick
War on the Plains
Drake, a Treacherous Prospector
Western Union
Eastbound Stagecoach Driver
Haunted Valley
Sharkey
The Wreck of the Hesperus
John Hazzard
Fort Apache
Fen - Stage Guard (uncredited)
The Post Telegrapher
Bob Evans - the Post Telegrapher
The Living Bible
Samaritan Leper
The Texans
Uncle Dud
Mom and Dad
Dr. Rubin
The Silent Mystery
Phil Kelly
Slave Ship
Scraps
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Race Checker / Fisherman (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
Migrant (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
Dad - Old Soldier (uncredited)
The Romance of Circle Ranch
Honest Jim
The World Moves On
Legionaire in Trench
Sir Percy and the Punchers
Sir Percy Granville
Return of Ta-Wa-Wa
Ta-Wa-Wa
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Connelly - Fort Stark Suttlers Barman (uncredited)
The Far Frontier
Alf Sharper
The Rider of Death Valley
Gabe
Drums Along the Mohawk
Joe Boleo
Kentucky Moonshine
Grandpa Hatfield
Three Jumps Ahead
Ben McLean
A Star Is Born
William Gregory (uncredited)
Her Spoiled Boy
The Village Blacksmith
Asa Martin
In the Right of Way
John Walsh
Diamond Frontier
Derek Bluje
Hearts of Oak
A Postal Substitute
Jack Flynn
Unconquered
Frontiersman on Fort Pitt Roof (uncredited)
3 Godfathers
Drunk (uncredited)
California
Jessie (uncredited)
The Red Rider
Brown Bear
Wildfire
Ezra Mills
Wake Up and Dream
Old Man at Counter
The Sun Shines Bright
Feeney
The Chinatown Mystery
The Sphinx
The Mummy's Tomb
Townsman (uncredited)
The Craving
Carroll Wayles
The Impatient Maiden
Insane Asylum Warden (uncredited)
The Newly Born
Mr. Newlywed
The Lady from Longacre
Count de Freitas
Destry Rides Again
Judd Ogden
The Owner of L.L. Ranch
Jeff
The Timber Trail
Ralph Baker
The Great Reward
The American Adventurer
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Captain (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
The Lariat Kid
Cal Gregg
Three Faces West
Farmer Bill, with Higgins
The Informer
'Judge' Flynn
Air Mail
Passenger Who'll Die on a Train (uncredited)
Charlie Chan's Secret
Captain of salvage ship
The Desperadoes
Hank
The Boss of Camp 4
Dude McCormick
Young Mr. Lincoln
Sam Boone (uncredited)
Gentle Julia
Tubbs, Fish Peddler
In Old Chicago
Driver
Scandal for Sale
Belmont Hotel Desk Clerk
Love's C.Q.D.
Lt. Robert Bright
Hangover Square
Ogilby - Fulham Antique Dealer (uncredited)
White Doe's Lovers
The Cowboy
In Time for Press
Jim Ford
The Ablaze in Mid-Air
Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
High Tide
Pop Garrow
Who Was the Other Man?
James Walbert / Ludwig Schumann
Incendiary Blonde
Ranch Owner (uncredited)
The Four-Footed Ranger
Brom Hockley
Life in Hollywood No. 1
Self
The Plough and the Stars
Old Man (uncredited)
The Girl of the Golden West
Miner
Blazing the Trail
Blake
Paris in Spring
Drunken Peasant
Smoky
Horse Buyer
The Jade Box
Martin Morgan
The Black Watch
MacGregor (uncredited)
The Trail of '98
Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
Steamboat Round the Bend
Efe
San Antone Ambush
Major Farnsworth
Pilgrimage
Mayor Elmer Briggs
Driftwood
Abner Green
The Immortal Alamo
Navarre
Gunfighters
Cook (uncredited)
The Little Preacher
Joe Lane
A Roaring Adventure
Colonel Burns
The Kiss of Mary Jane
Black Bill
King of the Mounties
Zeke Collins (Ch. 4)
A Free Soul
Skid Row Drunk (uncredited)
The Plunderers
Barnaby
The Climax
Backstage Attendant (Uncredited)
Possessed
Drunken Husband (uncredited)
Geronimo
Scout
Paddy O'Day
Immigration Officer Tom McGuire
Song of the Caballero
Don Pedro Madero
Mannequin
Tim O'Rourke (Uncredited)
The Campbells Are Coming
The Fighting Heart
Town Fool
Sins of Man
Town Drunk
Viva Cisco Kid
Proprietor
Home in Indiana
Ed - Seated Opposite J.T. in Bar (uncredited)
The Redemption of Rawhide
Reverend Simpson
His Sergeant's Stripes
The Corporal
Battling with Buffalo Bill
Jim Rodney
Heroes of the West
Cavalry Captain
Riders of the Purple Sage
Inebriated Courtroom Spectator
Last of the Duanes
Luke Stevens
Goin' to Town
Sheriff
The Padre's Secret
Baptiste
Lucky Cisco Kid
Court Clerk
Little Miss Nobody
Detective
Eyes of Texas
Thad Cameron
Bad Lands
Charlie Garth
Doctor Bull
Mr. Herring
Action
Soda Water Manning
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Captain Hallett
Life in the Raw
Sheriff Myles
Charlie Chan at the Circus
John Gaines
Taming the West
Frosty Miller
Officer '444'
Fire Chief
When the Tables Turned
Cowboy
Pirate Treasure
Dick's Friend at the Airfield
Jack Mason's Last Deal
Jim Saunders
Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
Hugo Loubeque
The Lost Special
Botter Hood
Mine to Keep
Jack Deering
The Golden Secret
Will Brown
The White Gorilla
Mr. Stacey
Charlie Chan's Courage
Hewitt
In the Tall Grass Country
Bob
Upstream
Juggler
Sisters of Eve
Pritchard
Mister Antonio
Bit Role (uncredited)
Custer's Last Fight
General George A. Custer
Her Faithful Heart
Bill Rank
Branding a Thief
Sleepers East
Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Bessie's Ride
John Burton
John Ermine of the Yellowstone
John Ermine
The Snake in the Grass
Texas Ed
Outlaws of Pine Ridge
Bartender
The Devil's Saddle
Pete Hepburn
The Mounted Stranger
'Spider' Coy
Checkers
Daniel Snodgrass
A Western Welcome
John
The Branded Sombrero
Link Jarvis
The Sign of the Cactus
Panhandle George
Men of Daring
Black Roger
Ridin' Thunder
Frank Douglas
This Is the Life
Sticky Jones
The Purple Mask
Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
Cowboys and Bachelor Girls
The Cowboy Hero
Clancy of the Mounted
Inspector Cabot
Thundering Hoofs
Daddy Bill / 'Colonel' Bill
The Battle of Bull Run
Abraham Lincoln
Sons of the Saddle
'Red' Slade
Billy's Sister
Billy
A Plucky American Girl
The Silent Trailer
Mrs. Coleman's Physician
The Unexpected
The Mexican Foreman
Mary's Stratagem
Bill
I Am the Woman
The Phantom Violin
His Majesty Dick Turpin
Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
A Mountain Wife
Her Husband, a Moonshiner
Mister Vampire
The Vampire Man
The Warrant for Red Rube
Red Rube
Lash of the Whip
'Hurricane' Smith
The Black Masks
Fred Francis - a Crook
The Lieutenant's Last Fight
Colonel Garvin
The Purple Domino
Hugo Loubeque
Pals
Denton
The Heart of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
A Western Girl
Hartley
The Princely Bandit
Prince Frederick
The Ball Player and the Bandit
A Baseball Fan
Speed Versus Death
Mr. Braggs
An Unwilling Cowboy
Jim Edwards
In the Fall of '64
Capt. Ford - the Southern Officer
The Cry of Erin
Shemus O'Brien
The Bandit's Wager
Nan's Brother / The Bandit
When Lincoln Paid
Baseball, That's All
The Husband
Only a Sister
John
A Study in Scarlet
Sherlock Holmes
Behind the Mask
Prince Frederick aka Dick Turpin
Berlin Via America
Phil Kelly
The Cruise of the Hellion
Peg-leg
Screen Snapshots Series 1, Number 16
The Director / Self
Rim of the Wheel
Mr. Dickerson
The Ruling Passion
Tony Valero
Washington at Valley Forge
The Spy
Won in the Fifth
Young Minister
Brennon o' the Moor
Willy Brennon
The Demon of the Sky
Phil Kelly/The Sphinx
A Rough Night on the Bridge
Cyclone Pete's Matrimony
Cyclone Pete
In the Hot Lands
The County Doctor
College Queen
Pop, The Janitor
A Texas Joke
The Vault of Mystery
The Leap
Uncle Jim
The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring
Dr. Lund, Junior
Salt on the Bird's Tail
The Madcap Queen of Crona
Prince Frederick
In the Mission Shadows
Out for Mischief
The Father